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I am shortly going to tile my kitchen floor with 60 x 60 quartz tiles and need advice on what i should do about my floor. My dilemma is that i have had an extension built and one half of my kitchen floor is concrete and the new half is 18mm chip board. I need to use a self levelling compound to...

Thanks. The 22mm goes to both hot and cold on the bath, when cold is on hot nearly stops. I am keen to change to 15mm, is this a good move? I did a 5 day course which gave me some good hands on and theory but i know my limitations!!

I need to build a small wall (less than 1m in height by approx 6m in length) where a small bank was was cut back from the side of my house. The wall would be stopping mud and rubble from the bank from contacting the side of my house in line with my building inspectors instruction, i therefore...

I have recently moved in to my home and noticed that the copper pipe work going to my radiators is 10mm. I have done a foundation course in plumbing and i was taught that with a combi system all the pipe work should be 15mm, yet the central heating is 10mm and the pipwork to my bath is 22mm, is...

I cannot mount the sockets as they fall short by a foot from the wall and are currently sitting on the floor, should i not use junction boxes then? Am i better replacing the cable?

I have recently knocked 2 bedrooms in to one and now i am left with 2 wall sockets connected together with a very short piece of cable. My problem is that i need the 2 sockets mounted on a wall and the current cable falls short by about a foot. How can i extend the ring main? Can i use a...

I had a feeling it would be something to do with suction but i am still learning so thanks for the advice. I will try your advice and see how it goes.

I have just plastered my kitchen and have a couple of water mark indentations that require filling. I have tried polyfilla which just wont adhere to the plaster, what am i doing wrong? This is my first plastering job. I tried the the polyfilla on freshly dried plaster do i have to wait a certain...

Thanks alot for the info guys. I think you have solved my problems! Cheers.

I am looking at tiling my kitchen floor with black quartz tiles (possibly 600 x 600). I have had an extension built to the kitchen and this has meant the old half of the kitchen has a concrete floor and the new extension has a chip board floor. The floor is level however there is the tiniest of...

This may seem like a bone question but is it safe to use loft insulation to insulate an internal wall? I am planning to insulate a new stud wall and floor and wondering if it is safe?